PATH service has been suspended between Newark and Journal Square due to a track fire on the Hack Bridge crossing the Hackensack River in Kearny, Port Authority officials say.

The service was suspended at 3:30 p.m.and firefighter from Jersey City and Kearny are at the scene as are PATH personnel, Port Authority spokesman Steven Sypa said at 4:05 p.m. He said officials believe it is an electrical fire which ignited railroad ties on the bridge.